Who is he that condemneth? who can prevail against God, so as to destroy, or ultimately injure us? It is Christ; who from love, died in our stead when we were his enemies. But Paul cannot leave the subject here, since without the resurrection, ascension, and intercession of Christ, his death would be ineffectual to our redemption. He therefore passes on to these: yea rather, that is risen again, etc.
ROMANS 8:34 Cristo.j @VIhsou/j# {C} The weight of the evidence for and against the presence of Cristo,j is so evenly balanced that the Committee considered it preferable to retain the word but to en...
Verse 34. _WHO IS EVEN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD_] To which he has exalted our human nature, which he took in conjunction with his Divinity; and there he _maketh intercession for us_-manages all the co...
WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? - Who shall pass sentence of condemnation, and consign to perdition? The function of passing sentence of condemnation on people shall pertain to Christ, the judge of quick a...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_ 2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .) 3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .) 4. Sons and Heirs of God. ...
THE CHRISTIAN ASSURANCE. Romans 8:28. One thing we do know, that all goes well for those that love God including their worst sufferings (Romans 8:18; cf. Romans 5:3)....
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? The very God who did not spare his own Son but who delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give...
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
IT IS _= Shall._ EVEN. also. AT. App-104. ALSO, &C. = intercedes also....
Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them: Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
_condemneth_ Or perhaps (by a change of Gr. accent) SHALL CONDEMN (at the Great Day). _It is Christ_ Here again, IS IT CHRIST, &c.? should be read. Observe the level on which "God" and "Christ" are s...
ΧΡ. Ἰ. The whole process of the Son’s action in redemption, from the Incarnation to the Ascended Life, is given in the succession of forcible phrases: in them His love is shown....
31–39. The confidence inspired by this evidence of the love of Christ and GOD. The love which is the ground of the whole relation of GOD to man is shown in its intensity (31), and its power as reveale...
The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life, under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and to GOD. (12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
ΚΑΤΑΚΡΙΝΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ КАΤΑΚΡΊΝΩ (G2919) осуждать. Part, используется как имя, чтобы подчеркнуть определенную черту. _Praes._ подчеркивает одновременность действия, ΆΠΟΘΑΝΏΝ _aor. pass. pa...
DISCOURSE: 1880 PAUL’S CONFIDENCE Romans 8:33. _Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is...
WHO SHALL LAY ANY THING TO THE CHARGE, &C.— Here it is well observed by Mr. Lowth, that these words being read by way of interrogation, as is Romans 8:35 carry a full and clear sense thus: Who shall p...
_TEXT_ Romans 8:31-39. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also w...
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? IT IS CHRIS...
__ Conciliation-Individual 11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the present power of God's Spirit to use an...
8:34 died, (m-11) Aorist. See Note to ch. 5.6....
THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as to...
INTERCESSION] cp. Hebrews 7:25; 1 Timothy 2:1....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 8 THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39 FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4 V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
(31-39) Now follows the sublime and triumphant conclusion from the foregoing — expressed with passionate energy and with the most intense consciousness of the reality of a Christian belief in penetrat...
WHO SHALL LAY ANY THING ...? — The punctuation and arrangement of these clauses are somewhat difficult. It seems best on the whole to connect together the two clauses at the end of Romans 8:33, and be...
IT IS CHRIST ... — The remainder of this verse is to be closely connected with the opening of the next. “He that died, rose, &c., is Christ: who then shall separate us from His love?” The two question...
CHAPTER 19 THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER IN THE SAINTS: THEIR PRESENT AND ETERNAL WELFARE IN THE LOVE OF Romans 8:26 IN the last paragraph the music of this glorious didactic prophecy passed, in some solemn...
Conclusion of the argument: the Apostle glories in the assurance of God's eternal and unchangeable love in Jesus Christ. οἴδαμεν δὲ = further, we know: in a sense this is one ground more for believing...
NO SEPARATION FROM CHRIST'S LOVE Romans 8:31 This is the close of the Apostle's argument. He has shown that believers are dear to God because they are in Christ; that their every need has been antici...
The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass into the consciousness of no condemnation. Having shown the n...
_Who shall lay any thing to the charge of the elect of God? God who justifieth. Others read without an interrogation, it is God who justified us: the sense will scarce be different; for it is the same...
THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER. At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the _oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
TWENTIETH PASSAGE (8:31-39). HYMN OF THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION. This passage is a conclusion. The _then_ of Romans 8:31 indicates this. This conclusion is directly connected with the previous teachin...
“ _Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather_, _that is risen again_, _who is also_, _at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us._ ” The form τίς ὁ κατακρί...
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (32) He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
34._Who is he that condemns? etc. _As no one by accusing can prevail, when the judge absolves; so there remains no condemnation, when satisfaction is given to the laws, and the penalty is already paid...
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH,.... That is, the elect of God: all mankind are deserving of condemnation, and are under the sentence of it, as in Adam; some are foreordained to condemnation; all in final i...
Who _is_ he that condemneth? _It is_ Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Ver. 34. _Who is he that condemneth?...
_Who shall lay any thing to the charge_ Any matter of guilt, which should bring them into condemnation, or shall bring an accusation against _God's elect_ That is, against true believers, who have so...
WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? IT IS CHRIST THAT DIED, YEA RATHER, THAT IS RISEN AGAIN, WHO IS EVEN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, WHO ALSO MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US....
The assurance of God's unchangeable love in Christ Jesus:...
DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself. Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will show us it is decidedly...
Who dares to: A. Blame God for our problems? B. Charge God with neglect? abandonment? Job charged not God foolishly. Neither should we. 34 Would you blame Christ? A. He DIED for you. B. He was r...
WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? IT IS CHRIST JESUS THAT DIED, YEA RATHER, THAT WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, WHO IS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, WHO ALSO MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US. "WHO ALSO MAKETH INTERCESSION...
32-39 All things whatever, in heaven and earth, are not so great a display of God's free love, as the gift of his coequal Son to be the atonement on the cross for the sin of man; and all the rest fol...
WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? As none can accuse the elect of God, so much less can any condemn them, see ROMANS 8:1. IT IS CHRIST THAT DIED; and it is he that is the Judge, and must condemn them, if the...
who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. ["But, Paul," says some doubti...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III He declares in the plainest manner, that the same Being who was laid hold of, and underwent suffering, and shed His blood for us, was both Christ and the Son of God...
Romans 8:34 Who G5101 condemns G2632 (G5723) (G5694) Christ G5547 died G599 (G5631) furthermore G1161...
‘Who is he who will condemn? It is Christ Jesus who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.' Nor can anyone condemn God's ‘...
THE BELIEVER CAN REST IN TOTAL ASSURANCE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT GOD IS WORKING HIS PURPOSES OUT FROM BEGINNING TO END. HE CAN THEREFORE REST IN THE CERTAINTY OF HIS LOVE WHATEVER BEFALLS (8:28-39). Now...
Romans 8:33-35. The main point open to discussion is respecting the punctuation of these verses. (1.) The E. V. gives answers as well as questions in Romans 8:33-34. (2.) Others find two questions in...
Romans 8:28-39. The _third_ ground of encouragement; the Christian has nothing to fear, for nothing can separate him from the love of God (see analysis above)....
2. GROUNDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ATTESTING THE BELIEVER'S SECURITY. The life in the Spirit involves fellowship with Christ in suffering and glory (Romans 8:17). The sufferings are present, while the glory...
3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ . This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is a...
Romans 8:34. WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNETH? See above. IT IS CHRIST JESUS. The weight of evidence apparently favors the insertion of ‘Jesus.' We may paraphrase: ‘Christ Jesus is the one who died,' etc....
SHALL CONDEMN (κατακρινων). Can be either present active participle (condemns) or the future (shall condemn). It is a bold accuser who can face God with false charges or with true ones for that matt...
Romans 8:34 Mysteries in Religion The Ascension. I. Christ's Ascension to the right hand of God is marvellous, because it is a sure token that heaven is a certain fixed place, and not a mere state. T...
Romans 8:31 There are Three Stages in this Challenge of Faith. I. Who shall our accuser be? Nothing will stop the accuser's mouth, but the one mighty act of God's sovereign grace by which He acquits...
The words we are about to read follow a passage in which the Apostle describes the conflict of his soul. It is rather singular that it should be so. To catch the contrast, let us just begin at the en...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ «No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:_ Our weaknesses, our insufficiencies, our inabilities: the Spirit of God comes in to be a helper to the children of God. Romans 8:26....
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assured...
Romans 8:18. _For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us._ Paul made «the sufferings of this present time» into a...
Romans 8:19. _For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God._ The whole creation is in a waiting posture, waiting for the glory yet to be revealed. Rom...
Romans 8:23. _And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body._...
Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:_ Oh, how many these are! Want of memory, want of faith, want of earnestness, ignorance, pride, deadness, coldness of heart, these are s...
Romans 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be con...
CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the believer and his security. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
CAN ANYONE, THEN, CONDEMN THEM? See Romans 8:1....
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:34 WHO IS TO CONDEMN? The question in v. Romans 8:33 is repeated. Christians will never be condemned, for (1) Christ died for them and paid the full penal
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:18 Paul began this major section of the letter (Romans 5:1) by emphasizing the final hope of believers (Rom
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 8:34.—Justification opposed to accusation, defence and advocacy to condemnation. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 8:33_ Christ’s intercessory work. CHRISTIAN FAIT...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 8:36. WE ARE BEING KILLED.—To express the intensely present. Romans 8:37.—Are triumphantly victorious. Have superabundant strength. Romans 8:38. FOR I AM PERSUADED, ETC.—To b...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ _Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the Exposition, may be referred to in...
Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as we take off. In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:2; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 3:22; Acts 7:56;...
Rather [μ α λ λ ο ν]. "Our faith should rest on Christ's death. but it should rather also so far progress as to lean on His resurrection, dominion, and second coming" (Bengel). "From the representatio...
SOME THINGS WE KNOW Romans 8:26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the realms of the humanly unknowable and unknown, the Word of God is sure and steadfast. We can say, "I know this," or, "I know that," when God...
Yea rather, that is risen — Our faith should not stop at his death, but be exercised farther on his resurrection, kingdom, second coming. Who maketh intercession for us — Presenting there his obedienc...
The apostle here goes on with the triumphant challenge in the foregoing verse begun, Who shall condemn the justified believer? And here observe, 1. The holy challenge of faith, it is ready for all com...